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  1. vulture lists
    The Stoner Canon: 101 Trippy Movies, Albums, Books, TV Shows, and MoreThe ultimate guide to experiencing the high.
  2. reasons to love new york
    These Skater Girls Are Too Cool for the BoysThe Brujas are a loose collective of mostly Latinas with a set of common interests: skateboarding, gender and race politics, New York City, anti-imperialism, partying, inclusivity.
  3. vulture lists
    The Stoner Canon: 101 Trippy Movies, Albums, Books, TV Shows, and MoreThe definitive keys to unlocking the high headspace.
  4. ink-stained wretches
    Is Vice Getting Nice? Meet Ellis Jones, the magazine’s new editor.
  5. indie rock
    Inside Sour Patch Kids’ Brooklyn Crash Pad for Indie BandsA sweet deal?
  6. second acts
    Former Hipster King Wants to Be a Fitness GuruRemember Mark “the Cobrasnake” Hunter? He’s reinventing himself as “a hipster Richard Simmons.”
  7. spinning
    Meet the New SoulCycle CompetitorsGive these a spin.
  8. oh college!
    Yale Offers the Best, Most Ridiculous Class Ever“Dance Music and Nightlife Culture in New York City.”
  9. kids these days
    High Schooler Won’t Say Sorry to Kansas GovernorThis is going to make for an excellent college application essay.
  10. sad things
    Bronx Woman Dies in Mass Power OutageFour thousand were without power. 
  13. occupy everywhere
    Occupy L.A. Isn’t BudgingThe demonstrators face eviction at midnight. 
  14. Yale-Harvard Game Tailgate Driver Was SoberNo charges have been filed.
  15. Hairdresser Suing Soho Salon for $16M in Sexual-Harassment SuitKatie Roiphe might have to show us a rare spotted owl.
  16. The Deficit-Reduction Committee Isn’t WorkingThe group of congressional leaders is expected to admit failure tomorrow.
  17. Ben Parr No Longer Editor-at-Large of MashableIn spite of $250,000 cash bonus.
  18. Man Plotting to Bomb New York City ArrestedBloomberg: Suspect “inspired by Al Qaeda” but a “lone wolf motivated by his own resentment.”
  19. michael moore
    Michael Moore Admits He’s Rich“I make my money the old school, honest way by making things.”
  20. happy halloween
    New York Expected to Get Two to Four Inches of SnowIt begins.
  21. happy halloween
    Foreclosure Mill Employees Wore the Worst Halloween Costumes Ever Last YearThey dressed as foreclosure victims.
  22. suicide bombing
    Taliban Suicide Bombing Kills Thirteen Americans in KabulThe attack marks the biggest loss of American life in Kabul in years.
  25. michele bachmann
    Michele Bachmann Declared Winner of Ames Straw PollRandy Jarvis must have put on a stellar performance.
  26. ames straw poll
    How Did GOP Candidates Woo Voters at Today’s Ames Straw Poll?Let us count the ways.
  27. the lone ranger
    Johnny Depp’s Forthcoming Disney Movie Might Not HappenProduction for ‘The Lone Ranger’ has halted.
  28. right-click
    Hear the First Single From Feist’s New AlbumIt’s about time!
  29. sad things
    The Year of Bus Crashes Gets WorseFourteen people were taken to hospitals after a Greyhound bus flipped onto its side this morning.
  30. casey anthony
    Casey Anthony Will Suffer Some Punishment After AllBut not for reasons you’d expect.
  31. punk'd
    The Game Punks Compton PoliceThe rapper pulled an M.I.A. vs. Lynn Hirschberg.
  32. rick rolling
    It’s Official: Rick Perry Is Part of the 2012 Race [Update]The Texan steals thunder from the Ames Straw Poll.
  33. curfews
    Philly Teenagers Had the Least Fun Friday Night EverCops are serious about the city’s new curfew laws.
  34. tina fey
    Tina Fey Becomes Mother of TwoPenelope Athena was born this week.
  37. interviews
    Waka Flocka Flame and Gucci Mane Play a Game of ‘Would You Rather’ With GQGucci Mane says he’d rather be drop-kicked in the face by Martha Stewart than slapped in the groin by Waka.
  38. ai weiwei
    Ai Weiwei Reveals Details of His Difficult IncarcerationPolice told him: “Now it’s time for us to give you trouble.”
  39. tributes
    This Year’s VMAs Will Feature a Britney Spears TributeThe VMAs owe her one.
  40. so you think you can dance?
    Lady Gaga Will Be Happy About the ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ FinaleThe show picks a winner.
  41. creepy things
    Listen to an Ultra-Creepy Recording From the Warren Jeffs TrialHe told his wives: “Make sure you’re not tending to your own opinion.”
  42. downgradepocalypse
    Stop Following the Stock Market if You Don’t Want WhiplashIt changed direction again today.
  43. sequels
    Third ‘Bridget Jones’ Installment In the WorksColin Firth gives away the whole storyline.
  44. would you rather
    Some Americans Prefer Technology to Sex, Chocolate, Teeth-BrushingHard evidence that the Internet is life’s greatest pleasure.
  45. watch the throne
    The Video For Jay-Z and Kanye West’s ‘Otis’ Is HereJust when you were thinking about taking your eyes off the throne for a second.
  46. gaffes
    GOP Piles on Biden for Using the T-wordRand Paul: “Prefer to be thought of as a freedom fighter.”
  49. ink-stained wretches
    J.Lo Discusses Split With Marc Anthony in Upcoming Vanity FairHer love? Still free!
  50. collaborations
    Spike Jonze Teams Up With Jay and ‘YeThe video for “Otis” has already been shot.
  51. the industry
    Bradley Cooper Might Replace Mark Wahlberg As David O. Russell’s Leading ManA new guy for the director to verbally abuse.
  52. the pill
    New Health-Care Provision Lifts Co-Pays on ContraceptionThe new rules will even apply to the morning-after pill.
  53. tv
    BET Gives Mo’Nique the AxeThe ‘Precious’ actress will no longer have her own spot.
  54. important ceilings
    House Passes Debt-Ceiling Deal 269-161 [Update]One Satan sandwich and a very, very strong cocktail, please.
  55. woody allen
    Woody Allen to Spill His Guts to PBSWill the real Woody Allen please stand up?
  56. cable news
    Al Jazeera to Begin Airing on New York City Cable Channel“We WILL get on in the U.S.”
  57. last night's gig
    Lauryn Hill Performs Less Than a Week After Giving BirthShe might be batty, but Ms. Hill’s a trooper.
  58. das racist
    Das Racist Get the E-mail Snub From Beastie BoyEven after a ramen date.
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